presents the evolution of industrial revolutions by combining relevant technological and scientific concepts with historical context, examining the transition from the current fourth and future fifth industrial revolutions, both reliant on cyber-physical systems but differing mainly in the nature of the computational systems used to deploy them.
1. Introduction 2. First Industrial Revolution: Molecules in Action 3. Second Industrial Revolution: Electrons in Action 4. Third Industrial Revolution: Controlling the Electrons 5. Fourth Industrial Revolution: Smart Electrons 6. Fifth Industrial Revolution: Smarter Electrons 7. Ultimate Questions
Biography
Rolando Herrero is the current director of the Telecommunication Network and Cyber-Physical Systems programs at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.
